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- Ozeki Tomosho (Photo taken June 29, 2025)
The Japanese national team (15th in the FIFA ranking), who are aiming for their third championship in the second consecutive tournament, won a big victory over Hong Kong national team (153rd in the same year), 6-1 in the first match.
Midfielder Ozeki Tomosho (20, Kawasaki Frontale), the main focus of the U-20 Japan national team and selected for the first time, has made his national team debut.
In the 18th minute of the second half, with the ball being 5-1, he was brought in to replace midfielder Inagaki Yoshi (33, Nagoya), and he touched the ball a lot to create a game, and ran aggressively up to the goal.
“We were able to get there earlier than we expected. We wanted to score goals, but I think it wasn't bad for the game. The goal difference was wide enough so we were able to do our best.”
No. 10, the 2018 Los Angeles Olympics generation, created a great opportunity with a pass that was floating around in the 28th minute of the second half. Immediately after that, he entered the opponent's territory and recalled, “I was always aiming for a shot chance, and there were many pushes in, so I was conscious of coming in when I broke through the near zone.”
He is a talented player who was the No. 10th in the U-20 Japan national team for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics (Olympics). Kawasaki Frontale legend Nakamura Kengo took the national team's pitch with the 14th player he carried at the club.
Although he has many assigned substitutes at the club this season, he has achieved results with two goals and one assist.